This is an architectural journey through the west coast of Africa. Why the west? Because the east coast of Africa is a path well trodden and well documented - the champagne tour of Africa. But as east Africa's bad older brother, west Africa has a far darker reputation. Very little is written about it, especially its architecture. For so long, much of west Africa has been inaccessible through war and coups d'etat. My trajectory took me through every country with a coastline and en route I visited and stayed in many different kinds of vernacular dwellings.
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